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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[More...]

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations, IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal Risks—Public Finance Aspects of Unwinding.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[More...]

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT

Bank of America’s repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn’t help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The gist is of the post is about the same as Yves’ and it was inspired by lessons of the S&L crisis of the 1980s.[More...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

How to avoid the gift-card 'gotcha'

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:46:00 GMT

Dec. 5--REMEMBER THE GIFT-CARD "GOTCHAS" -- the expiration dates, fees for dormancy or monthly use, and initial set-up charges?
In Minnesota, cards cannot have expiration dates or fees, with a few exceptions, including debit cards, prepaid calling cards, reward cards such as the $25 bonus card from a restaurant (see below), and cards sold at banks that can be used anywhere issued by Amex, Visa or Mastercard.
If you want to give a "use almost anywhere" card, American Express costs less in fees.

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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

How to avoid the gift-card 'gotcha'

Rachleff now the target of $7.5M fraud complaint: Attorney's claim ties late stockbroker to misappropriation of client's funds

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, John Ewoldt column: How to avoid the gift-card 'gotcha'

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Surprising jobs strength provides some promise

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Job losses will continue into 2010, experts say: Economists' predictions mostly negative

Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Securities

Reval Testifies Before U.S. Senate on OTC Derivatives Reform

DRI Corporation Appoints New Independent Director

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Integrity Media: a Revenue Bellwether

Wall St Sense Offers Unbiased Analysis of Scrips Within Consumer Goods & Financial Sectors

Carpenter Technology Announces Completion of $200 Million Syndicated Credit Facility

JPMorgan Chase to Present at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009

AFS Technologies, Inc. Acquires Assets of Softrax Corporation

Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Nov 30 Filed by: CHENAULT KENNETH I (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Price Joe L (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: DESOER BARBARA J (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Montag Thomas K. (10K)

Form 3 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Nov 23 Filed by: Buckminster Douglas E. (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: White Julie M (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: STROTHER JAMES M (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: CALLAHAN PATRICIA R (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 25 Filed by: BENMOSCHE ROBERT H (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 24 Filed by: White Julie M (10K)